diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
index 82b0544..f3b1ebb 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@
 		if (l2nb < budmin) {
 
 			/* search the lower level dmap control pages to get
-			 * the starting block number of the the dmap that
+			 * the starting block number of the dmap that
 			 * contains or starts off the free space.
 			 */
 			if ((rc =